Queensland Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 No. 5 - SECT 3

(1) The main objects of this Act are—

(a) to maximise the safety, protection and wellbeing of people who fear or experience domestic violence, and to minimise disruption to their lives; and

(b) to prevent or reduce domestic violence and the exposure of children to domestic violence; and

(c) to ensure that people who commit domestic violence are held accountable for their actions.

(2) The objects are to be achieved mainly by—

(a) allowing a court to make a domestic violence order to provide protection against further domestic violence; and

(b) giving police particular powers to respond to domestic violence, including the power to issue a police protection notice; and

(c) imposing consequences for contravening a domestic violence order or police protection notice, in particular, liability for the commission of an offence.